Coin wrapper crimping machine



NOV. 21, 1933. E P DONNELLAN 1,936,050

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COIN WRAPPER CRIMPING MACHINE Filed Feb. 12, 1932 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR BY W ATTORNEY Nov. 21, 1933. E. P. DONNELLAN 1,936,050

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- I ATTORNEY Patented Net. 2.1, 1933 s'rarss PATENT OFFICE 1,935,050 7 com WRAPPER CRIMPING MACHINE Edward R Dennellan, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor Standard-Johnson Company, 'Inc., Brooklyn, N. 11, a corporation of New York Application February 12, 1932. Serial No. 592,458 18 Claims. (Cl. 93-

This inventionrelates, generally, to the pack 1y understood from the following detailed deaging of coins in wrappers; and the invention scription of the same. H has. reference, more particularly, to a, novel The invention is clearly illustrated in the accrirnping mac ne adapted for crimping the ends companying drawin whi coins or t11e1ike coin wrapper cr mping machine of the present Crimping devices, as heretofore generally co nve t the Said me ih being illustrated structed, have not proved entirely satisfactory in attached to a Suitable pp table Shown in use because of the necessity of employing consideraole manual effort and some skill in operat- 2 is a View taken Substantially along line 65 operator may fail" 0 ing the same. These devices commonly require 2 Fig.

the operator to hold the Wrapped coi i hi F g. 3 1s apart sectional vlew taken substantialhand while the device criinps the end of the 3' 3- 3 g-. I

wrapper. This is objectionable, inasmuch as the 1 8- W: m ?t f t0 g-Z Wlth parts h ld th Wrapped coinsin broken away and illustrates the machine in the 7.

true axial alignment with the crimper means of t of crimping the end of a coin wrapper.

the. crimping device, or he may fail to hold the g-5 a w Similar to Fig i but illustrates coin wrapper against the crimper means with the the c ne in the act of discharg the p proper pressure, causing the finished package to aged Qi after i pi p a have a defectively crirnped end which is unat- Fi 6 i a fragmentary, sectional view taken Z5 tractive in appearance and possibly insecure in along line 0f looking in t e di ection use. of the arrows.

The principal object of the present invention 7 is a r gm n ary, D t o al View is. to provide a novel coin wrapper crimping rnaa e Substantially along i 7 of g- 0 chine which adapted to automatically crimp in thedir cti n Of the arrows. 3

Another ohject of the present invention lies the p si the partsamoment after t s p a during the cr' p Still another object of the present invention Si the ends coin wrappers and to thereafter disn 8 is a. fragmentary, sectional i w taken charge the crimped coin packages from the mal line f 2 d illustrates a 'thout the useof manual effort in effectlink engaging t lutch Cam.

chine wl ing the ing operation. Fig. 9 1s a view similar to Fig. 8 but illustrates in the provision of a novel crimping machine of link has l g d he lutch 0amthe above character, which is so constructed. and is Vi l o g at the reverse side arranged as to support and properly position coin 0f th structure shown in Fig. 9.

wrappers with respect to the crimping means Fig. 11 is an enla d S c ional view taken e ti thereby Obtain.- along line 11-11 of Fig. 3 looking in the direc- 9Q ing uniform and accurate crimping oi the rap-. tion of the arrows, but showing the crimper p adjusted for a larger denomination of coin than Another object of the present invention is to t p v ded for in Fig. 3. provide a novel coin wrapper crimping machine F 12 is a Sectional View. taken along line H which is adapted to provide means for exerting -42 of looking in the direction of the a desired yielding pressure upon the packaged Q x coins during the crimping operation to thereby 13 1S mgmentgiryyiew lookmg upwardly produce the proper c1 nip formation on the wrapat itile strvfcture shmm m and p F g. l i isa fragmentary, sectmnal v1ew showing a modified form ofcr mper. 5o lb a 1 n mn r characters'or" reference are employed i We FQ P nave wrapprl in all of the above described views, to indicate crimping machine which is adapted to selectively pd p s; n crimp the wrappers of various denominations of f fm n w t the Severed figures of t coins with a minimum of efiort on the part of drawings, w i the mar e b di t of the machine operator with great rapidity, the present invention is illustrated, the reference said machine being of simple, durable construC- el -al 1 designates abase having oblique bracktion and reliable in use. ets 2 and, Biormed thereon for mounting the .base ,Other. objects of this invention, not at this 1 in adownwardly inclined position .upon atable time more particularly enulerated, will be clearor other support, as shown in Fig. 1. A wing oi the wrappers for various denominations of Fig. l is a View in side elevation of the novel g screw 4 is threaded upwardly through the bracket 3 for engaging the underside of the table support 5 to thereby secure the base 1 upon this support.

A motor 6 is mounted upon the base 1 as by screws 7 and this motor is adapted to be supplied with electric energy as through a cord 8 and a plug 9. A worm 11 is fixed upon the armature shaft of motor 6 at the rear of the motor and meshes with a worm wheel 12 that is fixed upon a transversely extending shaft 13. Shaft 13 has its end portions journaled in bearings provided in flanges or side walls 14 and 15 formed on the base 1. A pinion 16 is fixed upon shaft 13 and drives a gear 17 that is turnably mounted upon a stub shaft 18 threaded into the flange 15. Gear 17 meshes with a gear 19, which latter gear is secured as by screws 20 to the driving disk 21 of a clutch, designated as a whole by the reference numeral 22. (See especially Figs. 7 to 10.)

Gear 19 and driving disk 21 are turnably mounted upon a transverse shaft 24 which has its end portions mounted in bearings provided in flanges l4 and 15. The clutch driving disk 21 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially arranged and transversely projecting teeth 25 which are equally spaced from one another all around the periphery of driving disk 21. Teeth 25 are adapted to cooperate with a radially extending tongue 26 provided on a yoke member 27. Yoke member 27 has an interior non-circular aperture 28 for receiving a non-circular projection 29 formed on the driven clutch disk 30 that is fixed on shaft 24. Yoke member 27 is thus nonrotatably mounted upon projection 29, but this yoke member may have a limited radial movement upon projection 29 owing to the length of yoke aperture 28 being greater than the length of the projection 29.

A coil compression spring 32 extends into recesses provided in the projection 29 and yoke member 27 and tends to urge this yoke member so that the tongue 26 thereon will move radially outwardly and engage between successive teeth 25 of driving disk 21, thereby completing the drive between the driving and driven clutch disks. A transverse pin 33 is secured to yoke member 27 and projects from this yoke member through a radial slot 34 provided in the driven clutch disk 30 and into an inclined slot 35 provided in a clutch cam disk 36. The axis of slot '35 is inclined to the radial direction, as shown in Figs. 8 to 10. The clutch cam disk 36 is turnably mounted upon the hub 39 of the driven clutch disk 36 and is formed with a stop shoulder 40 (see Figs. 3, 7 and 10) which is adapted to be engage by a stop link 41 to effect the stopping of the cam disk and the release of the clutch 22.

Thus, if it be assumed that the tongue 26 is engaging the driving clutch disk teeth 25 under the action of spring 32 and this driving disk is rotating in the direction of the arrow shown in Fig. 9, then shaft 24 will be rotated by the clutch 22 in the same direction. If the stop link 41 is now urged upwardly against the periphery of cam disk 36, then when stop shoulder 46 arrives opposite this stop link, the latter will stop the rotation of cam disk 36. Continued rotation of driven clutch disk 30 will now cause pin 33 to ride outwardly in slot 35 owing to the inclination of this slot, thereby causing tongue 26 to move radially inwardly and out of engagement with teeth 25. Thus, when pin 33 reaches the outer end of slot 35 as shown in Fig. 8, the drive between the driving and driven disks 21 and 30 ceases and further rotation of the driven disk is positively stopped owing to the stopped engagement of pin 33 within inclined slot 35 of the stationary cam disk 36.

A coil tension spring 42 (see Figs. 3, 7 and 10) is mounted exteriorly of cam disk 36 and has one end attached to a pin 43 fixed to this cam disk and its other end attached to a pin 44 that is fixed to the driven clutch disk 30. Pin 44 projects through a slot 45 in the cam disk 36, which slot extends in an annular direction about the axis of the cam disk. Spring 42 tends to position cam disk 36 on the driven clutch disk so that the left hand end of slot 45 (see Fig. 19) bears against pin 44, but when stop link 41 engages stop shoulder 46, the continued movement of the driven disk 39 causes pin 44 to move to the right hand end of slot 45, (see Fig. 3), thereby tensioning spring 42. When stop link 41 is again momentarily depressed or pulled away from the stop shoulder 40, the spring 42 acts to immediately turn the cam disk somewhat (in a counterclockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 10) so that when link 41 again engages the cam disk it will not engage shoulder 40 but will engage the periphery of this cam disk, thereby permitting the cam disk to make a revolution before the same is again stopped by the stop link 41. Spring 42 also cooperates with spring 32 to effect the almost instant engagement of the tongue 26 with teeth 25 of the driving disk when stop link 41 is depressed so as to release the cam disk shoulder 40.

A cam 46 is fixed upon the shaft 24 substantially midway of the length of the shaft and engages a roller 47 that is carried by a bracket 48, which bracket is fixed'upon the end of a reciprocating slide 49. Slide 49 is mounted within a slide bearing recess 56 provided in the upper surface of base 1. Slide 49 is retained within slide bearing recess 50 by means of headed screws 51 which extend through longitudinal slots 52 provided in the slide 49 and are threaded into base 1.

A pin 53 is threaded into slide 49 and extends through a longitudinal slot 54 provided in the base 1. A coil tension spring 55 has one end attached to the pin 53 and its other end attached to a pin 56 which is threaded into the base 1. Coil tension spring 55, by pulling upon pin 53, acts to hold the slide carried roller 47 always in engagement with the cam 46. With the stop link 41 engaging the stop shoulder 40 of clutch cam disk 36, thereby holding shaft 24 stationary, the high part of cam 46 engages the rollers 47. With the high part of cam-46 engaging roller 47, slide 49 is held at the lowest point of its travel against the tension of spring 55, as especially illustrated in Figs. 3 and 5. When the low part of cam 46 engages roller 46, the slide 49 is in its uppermost position, as shown in Fig. 4, and the stop link 41 is out of engagement with the stop shoulder 40.

A bed member 57 is secured to the lower portion of slide 49 as by means of screws 53. Bed member 57 is formed with projections 59 at its sides, which projections provide a slide bearing recess 66 therebetween, see especially Fig. 2, within which slide bearing is mounted a table 61 for limited reciprocative movement in the direction of the axis of motor 6. The table 61 is'of approximate T-shape, as viewed in plan, with the T-head of the table extending transversely of the bed member 57 and the shank of the table lying between the projec-- tions 59. The bed member 57 has dowel pins 62.

secured therein, which pins project through apertures provided in the T-head of the table 61. Pins 62 serve to retain the table 61 within slide bearing recess provided in the bed member,

" the axis of the shaft of motor while permitting movement of this table toward and away from the motor 6.

Brackets 64 are secured to the top surface of the bed- 57 and project into the path of movemnt of the table 61 to limit the movement of the table toward the motor 6. The bed projections 59 by engaging the T-head of table 61 serve to limit the movement of the table away from the motor 6. The reciprocative movementof the table 61 is slight, the same being just sufiicient to effect the disengagement or engagement, as the case may be of the stop link 41 with the stop shoulder 40 of clutch cam disk 36, as will now be described.

A bracket 63 (see especially Fig. 1) is fixed to the'T-head of table 61 and projects toward the base 1' of the machine. longitudinally downwardly from cam disk 36 along the upper surface of base 1 and under the bracket 63; Stop link 41 has a pin 65 projecting upwardly therefrom for engaging the bracket 63. A' stud 67 (see Figs. 2 and 3) is threaded into the'base 1 and projects upwardly through a longitudinal slot 68 provided in the stop link 41. A coil tension spring. 69 has one end attached to the stud 6'7 and its other end attached to a stud '70 that is fixed to the stop link 41. Spring 69 urges stop link 41 upwardly against the clutch cam disk 36 and causes the pin 65 (see Fig. 1) to urge bracket 63 and hence table 61 upwardly so that table 61 normally abuts the brackets 64 on bed'57. With stop link 41 engaging stop shoulder 40 of the clutch cam disk 36, shoidd the table 61 be pushed momentarily downwardly and away from motor 6 against the tension of spring 69, the bracket 63 will move pin 65 and hence stop link 41 downwardly so that this stop link will disengage the stop shoulder 40 and permit clutch 22 to engage and effect a revolution of shaft 24' before this shaft again comes to rest by the action of the stop link again engaging the stop shoulder 40. Stop link 41 is guided in its movement by screws 66 extending through longitudinal slots in this stop link and threaded intobase 1.

The table'6l is provided with a cylindrical extension or pedestal '72 upon which is mounted an angularly adjustable turret '73 having radiating arms '74, '75, '76 and '77, which arms are of varying'lengths. Pedestal '72 is provided with a pin '78 whichis adapted to engage in any one of four conforming recesses '79 provided in the turret '73, whereby any one of the arms '74 to '77 may be selectively held in axial alignment with 6. A pivotalstud 81 extends through a bearing aperture provided inthe turret'73 and is threaded into pedestal '72.

A wing nut is threaded upon the outer threaded portion of stud 81 and serves to hold the turret '73 in fixed position upon the pedestal '72 with the pin 78 engaging in a selective one of the recesses '79. By loosening wing nut 80, the turret '73 may be raised off of pin '78 and shifted to any other desired position with another radiating arm projecting into alignment with the shaft of motor 6. The radiating arms '74 to '77 have axial recesses provided in their outer ends into which extend the reduced shanks 82 of respective' studs 83 to 86. Shanks 82 are retained in position within the recesses of the radiating arms, as by means of set screws 8'7. The outer end portions of studs 83 to 86 are flanged and are of varying diameters to conform to the sev eraldenominations of coins adapted to be handled by tne'ma'chine;

The stop link 41 extends.

Pans or coin receptacles 88 to 91 are secured to the outer end portions of the studs 83 to 86' as by a press fit. The pans 88 to 91 are adapted to support packaged coins while the end of the wrapper containing the coins is being crimped, as illustrated in Fig. 4. The outer ends of the studs 83 to 86 are knurled or serrated at 93 and are provided with central positioning screws 92 having heads of diameters varying in accordance with the denomination of coin handled by the particular stud. The heads of screws 92 are adapted to engage in the central recess in the ends of the coin wrappers to thereby assist in centering the wrapped coins with the crimperduring the crimping operation, as shown in Fig.4.

In the machine illustrated in the drawings, the pan 88 carried by radiating arm '74 is adapted to receive wrapped dimes; the pan 69 carried by the radiating arm '75 .is adapted to receive wrapped half dollars; the pan carried by the radiating arm '76 is adapted to receive wrapped nickels and pennies, and the pan 91 carried by radiating arm '77 is adapted to receive wrapped quarters. It will be apparent that the turret '73 may be provided with a greater r lesser number of radiating arms, desired, to accommodate other denominations of coins than those provided by the particular machine of the drawings.

The crimper or crimping device is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 94. This crimper comprises a disk shaped body member 95 (see especially Figs. 11 to 13) having a hub 96 provided with an axial bore for receiving the shaft 10 of motor 6. The hub 96 is secured in fixed position upon the forward end portion the armature shaft 10 of motor 6 as by means of a set screw 9'7. A cylindrical plunger casing 98 has its rear-portion also fixed in the bore of hub 96 as by means of a press fit, whereas the forward portion of this plunger casing projects forwardly of the body member 95. Casing 98 has a spring pressed plunger 99 contained therewithin, which plunger extends through a guide aperture provided in the front end wall of this plunger casing. A compression spring 16 3 is positioned within the hollow interior of the cylindrical plunger casing 98 and urges plunger 99 forwardly so that, in use, this plunger will engage and press against the end coin of a plurality of wrapped coins, as shown in 4.

The front face of the diskhaped body member 95 is provided with three radial guide slots 161, which are spaced angularly 120' from one an other and which merge together at the center of the body member. Three cooperating crimper jaws 102, 103 and 164 of segmental shape, which taken together form an approximately hollow cylindrical body, extend forv. ardly from the body portion 95. Crimper jaws 162, 103 and 104 have rear shanks 105 extending at right angles to the main forwardly projecting portion of these respective crimper jaws, which shanks lie within the guide slots 101.

Spaced rearwardly from the forward end of n in the crimper jaw 102 is located the crimping finger 106 having its shank secured in a recess provided in this crimper jaw, and washer 107. The crimper jaw 162 is provided with an aperture 168 rearwardly of the screw and washer 107 to provide access to this screw and washer and also to provide an opening through which foreign matter may escape from the interior of the crimper. The crimping finger 106 is curved inwardly of the crimper' jaw 102 for the purpose of engaging and crimping the end preferably by a screw edge portions of coin wrappers in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The criinper jaws 103 and 104 have straight cylindrical sides and are not provided with crimping fingers. Each of the crimper jaws is provided with a transverse arcuate projection 109 which is adapted to overlap the forward end portion of the adjacent crimper jaw. ihis is especially illustrated in Fig. 13 wherein it will be noted that the respective arcuate projections 109 overlap adjoining crimper jaws.

The shanks 105 of the crimper jaws are adapted to be moved radially inwardly and outwardly along the radial guide slots 101 so that the crimper jaws may thus accommodate the wrap pers of various denominations of coins. Headed screws 110 and 111, 111 extend through cam slots 112 provided in an adjusting disk 113, through radial slots 114 provided in the body member and are threaded into the shanks of the crimper jaws. The adjusting disk 113 is turnabiy mounted on hub 96 of the body member. The carn slots 112 are eccentric to the axis of the adjusting disk 113 so that when this adjusting disk is turned, the screws and 111, 111 are actuated so as to move the shanks 105 and hence the crimper jaws 102, 103 and 104 simultaneously inwardly or cutwardly, depending in which direction the disk 113 is turned.

A notch or index 115 is provided in the periphery of the adjusting disk 113 and is adapted, upon suitably turning the adjusting disk, to coincide with any one or" a plurality of spaced markings or indicia 118 provided on the periphcry of the body member 95. These markings or indicia correspond to the several denominations of coins handled by the machine, and when the notch 115 coincides with any particular marking, for example, the D or dime marking,

the crimper jaws are set to accommodate the dime wrapper. Thus, in Figs. 2 to 5, with the crimper adjusted for crimping the wrappers of dimes, it will be noted that the crimper jaws are completely closed upon one another, whereas in Figs. 11, 12 a" :i 13, the jaws are set for accommodating the of quarters and are consequently spaced from one another somewhat. Although the jaws are necessarily spaced from one another to accommodate the larger denominations of coins, the arcuate projection 109 of each of these nevertheless, overlaps the adjacent jaw so that the several jaws in effect are always continuous at their forward ends, which construction highly desirable in order to facilitate the easy entrance of the ends of the coin wrappers in between the jaws without marring or injuring the wrappers. A disk 117 is secured as by screws to the forward face of the body member 95 so as to thereby retain the shanks 105 of the criinper jaws in position within their respective guide slots 101.

When a coin wrapper to be crimped is placed in the machine, the end portion of the coin wrapper adjacent the crimper 94 is adapted to be supported in proper axial alignment with the crimper by a transversely extending bar support 119 which is formed with a shank 120 extending at right angles to the bar 119 and alongside the base 1. The shank 120 is illustrated as extending into a slide bearing recess 121 provided in a bracket 122 that is secured as by screws 123 to the side of base 1. A wing screw 124 extends through a longitudinal slot 125 provided in the shank 120 and is threaded into the bracket 122. The shank 120 is provided with markings or indicia 126 corresponding to the several denominations of coins. which mark ings may be selectively aligned with the upper edge of bracket 122 by loosening screw 124 and adjusting the shank 120. With one of the markings, for example, the D or dime marking ali ned with the upper edge of bracket 122 as shown in Fig. 1, the transversely extending bar support 119 is positioned to properly support a wrapper containing dimes preparatory to the crimpage operation, so that the open end of the wrapper adjacent the crimper will be axially aligned with the substantially cylindrical receiving recess provided within the crimper jaws 102, 103 and 104. The transversely extending bar support is formed with a V-shaped recess 128 having serrated side edges, within which recess the end portion of the. coin wrapper is adapted to rest.

A lever 130 is pivoted upon a headed stud 131 that is threaded into base 1. Lever 130 has an arm 132 thereon, which arm has an upturned free end portion 133 adapted for engaging and discharging a coin wrapper from the machine iter the end of the wrapper has been crimped by the coin orirnper 94. A cell tensionspring 134 one end attached to a screw 135 threaded into base 1 and its other end attached to the shank of screw 36 that is threaded upwardly through an aperture provided in the lever 130. The head 105 of screw 135 beneath the lever 130 is adapted to abut the side of base 1, to thereby limit the turning movement or" lever 130 outwardly of base 1 under the action of spring 134,.and hence this screw head limits the outward movement of arm 110 end portion 133 to the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

A link 133 has its lower end pivoted at 139 upon the lever 130. Link 138 extends longitudinaily upwardly along the base 1 and has an upper 115 end portion 140 which is offset somewhat from the main portion of this link and-which end portion is connected to the main portion of the link by an inclined cam portion 141. The upper end portion 140 of the link 138 is adapted to cooper- 120 ate with a transverse finger 142 that is secured as by screws 143 to the reciprocating slide 49.. Finger 142 is adapted to engage the upper end of link end portion 140 when slide 49 is moving downwardly after a crimping operation, to thereby cause downward movement of link l38and ei'iect inward turning movement of lever 130 so that the free end portion 133 of arm 132 moving inwardly will cause the discharge of a coin wrapper, as shown in Fig. 5. The. inclined cam 130 portion 141 of link 133 is adapted to cooperate with a transversely extending pin 144 to effect the disengagement of end portion 140 from finger 142 after the discharge operation of end portion 13 Pin 144 is carried by a guide block 145, which guide block is secured to the upper surface or" base 1, as by screws 146. Guide block 145 serves to guide one side of link 138 during the movement thereof, whereas a guide 146 secured to the bed member 57 is adapted to guide the other side or" this link 138.

In operation, with the motor 6 energized, the shaft 10 of this motor will rotate continuously, causing gearing 11, 12, 16, 17 and 19 to revolve. The gear 19 serves to revolve the driving disk 21 of clutch 22. With stop link 41 engaging the stop shoulder 40 of the clutch cam disk 36, however, the tongue 26 is held out of engagement; with the teeth 25 of the clutch, and consequently the driven disk 30 of the clutch is not rotated so 150 that the shaft 24 is held stationary with the high portion of cam 46 engaging roller 47.

Assuming that it is now desired to crimp the 'end of a wrapper containing coins, such as dimes .-for example, the turret T3 is angularly adjusted, if necessary, so that radiating arm 74 carrying pan 88 projects toward the crimper. The wrapper containing the coins is placed on the .pan '88 carried by radiating arm 74 so that the lower crimped end of the coin wrapper rests uponthe serrated outer end of stud 83' and the head of positioning screw 92 projects into the central recess in the crimped end of the wrapper. The upper open end portion of the wrapper rests within the V-shaped recess 123 of the transversely extending bar support 119. This bar support is adjusted, if .necessary, by means of wing screw 124 so that the D indicium on shank 120 coincides with the upper edge of bracket 122. The upper open end portion of the coin wrapper is thus supported by the support bar 119 so, as to be axially aligned with the receiving recess within the crimper jaws 102, 103 and 104. The adjusting disk 113 of the crimper is adjusted, if necessary, so as to cause its notch 115 to register with the D indicium on the body member 95.

To crimp the upper end of the coin wrapper, themachine operator presses slightly for a moment, as by means of his fingers, upon the turret '73 in a direction so as to move this turret away from the crimper 94 somewhat. This action of the operator causes table 61 carrying turret "13 to slide downwardly a short distance within the slide bearing recess 60 of the bed member 57,

whereupon the -T-head of the table 61 engages the projections 59, thereby stopping this movement of the turret. During this downward movement of the table 61, the bracket 63, acting through pin 65, serves to move the stop link 41 downwardly against the tension of spring 69 and efiect the disengagement of this stop link from stop shoulder of the clutch 22. Clutch 22 immediately engages and commences to rotate shaft 24 causing cam 46 to turn.

As cam 46 commences to turn, the high part of this cam starts to move away from the roller 47, thereby permitting tension spring to move slide 49 upwardly while roller 47 rolls on the cam 46. Asslide 49 moves upwardly, the'turret '73, carried thereby, also moves upwardly causing the open end of the coin wrapper to move upwardly and into the receiving recess within the revolving crimper jaws 102 to 104. Continued turning of cam 46 and corresponding upward movement .of slide 49 causes the .open end of the coin wrapper to engage the crimping finger 106 of crimper jaw 102. The rapidly revolving crimper finger 106 quickly crimps the open end portion of the coin wrapper. The tension of spring 55 is such as to cause a neat crimp tobe formed on the upper end of the wrapper without injuring or abrading the wrapper. The use of this resilient spring pressure for producing the crimp is found to be very valuable in obtaining perfect and uniform crimping of the end of the coin wrappers. The use of thespring 55 prevents undue forcing or jamming of the end of the coin wrapper against the crimping finger 106. The spring pressed plunger 99 of the crimper, by pressing upon the coins within the coin wrapper, serves to hold the coins firmly together during the crimping operation to thereby produce a firm, compact coin package.

During the upward movement of the slide 49, the finger 142, carried thereby, moves upwardly of the and from under the end portion 140 of the link 138, permitting this end portion 140 to fall against the surface of base 1, as shown in Fig. 4. By the time cam 46 has made a half revolution, bringing the low portion of this cam opposite roller 47 (see Fig. 4), the crimping operation is complete. As the cam 46 continues to rotate it acts to force slide 49 downwardly against the tension of spring 55, so that the oriinped coin wrapper commences to move downwardly and away from the crimper 94, crimped upper end of the coin wrapper moving outwardly of the receiving recess between the crimper jaws.

Continued downward movement of the slide 49 and of turret '73 causes the coin wrapper to slide transversely extending bar support 119. Just after the coin wrapper disengages the bar support 119 and is resting in pan 88, the downwardly moving finger 142 engages the upper end of link 133, thereby pushing this link downwardly. As link 133 moves downwardly it eilects the turning of lever 130 in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figs. 4 and 5, so that upturned end portion 133 is. caused to engage the side of the coin wrapper and force the packaged coins out of the pan 88, thereby discharging the wrapped coins from the machine.

Just before the upturned arm end portion 133 reaches the end of its useful stroke, the inclined cam portion 141 of link 138 engages the stationary pin 144. Continued downward movement of finger 142 and of link 138 causes the inclined cam portion 141 to ride up on pin 144, as shown in Fig. 6, causing the end of the link 138 to move outwardly of finger 142. By the time the arm end portion 133 reaches the end of its useful stroke, as shown in Fig. 5, the pin 144 has caused link 138 to completely disengage the lower edge or finger 142; whereupon the tension spring 134 immediately turns lever 130 in a counter clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 5, so that the lever and link 138 again move into their initial positions shown in Fig. 2.

When cam 46 has made a complete revolution, the stop link 41 engages stop shoulder 40, thereby disconnecting clutch 22 and stopping the rotation of cam 46. The turret 73 is now returned to its lowermost position as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and is ready to receive another coin wrapper preparatory to crimping the same. If it is desired to crimp the wrappers of any other denomination of coin, it is merely necessary to adjust the adjusting disk 113 of the crimper accordingly, and to also turn the turret 73 so that the proper radiating arm will extend toward the crimper. Thus, by the simple expedient of making these two quick adjustments, 1. e. the adjustment of the crimper and the adjustment of the turret, it is possible to crimp the coin wrappers of any denomination of coin. It will be apparent, that if it is desired that the machine shall handle added denominations of coins other than those provided for by the machine as illustrated, additional markings may be provided upon the body member 95 and additional arms may also be provided upon the turret '73.

Owing to the use of the peculiar form of clutch disclosed, it is possible to absolutely control the rotation of cam 46 so that this cam will only make one revolution during a crimping operation, and the same is positively stopped at the end of such revolution by the action of stop link 41 engaging stop shoulder 40. Owing to the use of lever 130, means isprovided for automatically discharging the packaged coins from the machine after a crimping operation, thereby speeding up the output of the machine. All that the operatorhas to do in operating the machine, is merely to place a wrapper'upon the proper pan and press the turret slightly away from the crimper, whereupon the machine proceeds to perform the crimping operation.

By properly selecting the tension spring 55, any desired resilient pressure may be exerted upon the wrapper during the crimping operation, so that perfect and uniform crimping is obtained without injury to the wrapper. Owing to the accurate centering of the coin wrapper with respect to the crimper during crimping operation, there is no possibility of jamming or misalignment of the coin wrapper within the crimper. The gearing driving the cam 46 is so designed as to rotate this cam at the most desirable speed for obtaining a perfect crimp.

In some instances, instead of using the adjustable crimper 94, it may be desired to or ploy a separate crimper for each denomination of coin handled by the machine. Such a crimper is illustrated in Fig. 14 and designated as a whole by the reference numeral 150. This crimper a substantially hollow cylindrical crimperbody 151 providing an interior coin wrapper receiving recess I 2 or" a diameter corresponding to that of the wrapper of a respective denomination of coin. Crimper body 151 is also provided with a crimping finger 105 that is held in place by a scr w and washer 107. The crim or body is cut out or apertured at 155 to enable foreign matter such as paper fibers to escape from the interior of this body.

The crimper body 151 is formed with a rearwardly directed hollow hub 153 that is adapted to be slid onto the shaft 10 of motor e. The shaft 10 is illustrated as provided with a spring pressed plunger 154 which snaps into an aperture provided in hub 153, thereby fixing the hub upon the shaft 10. When it is desired to employ a crimper of a different size to accommodate a different diameter of coin, the first crimper is pulled oii shaft 10 and the desired crimper pushed on in place of the first crimper. Crimper 150 is illustrated as also provided with a spring pressed plunger 99.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, as defined by the following claims, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Whatis claimed is:

l. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a rotatable crimper, reciprocative means for supporting a coin wrapper, elastic means for moving said supporting means into operative relation with said crimper to effect the crimping of a coin wrapper carried by said supporting means, and motive means for rotating said crimper and for causing said supporting means to move in opposition to said elastic means and out of operative relation with said crimper after an operation by said crimper.

2. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a crimper, a member for supporting a coin wrapper, a spring connected to said supporting member for causing said member to move a coin wrapper carried thereby into operative relation with said crimper to elTect the crimping of the wrapper, motive means for causing said supporting member to move the crimped coin wrapper out of operative relation with said crimper after the crimping operation, and lever mechanism for discharging the crimped coin wrapper from said supporting member.

3. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a crimper, motive means for operating said crimper, a coin wrapper support, tension spring means for automatically moving said coin wrapper support into operative relation with said crimper to eifect the crimping of a coin wrapper carried by said support, and means driven from said motive means for moving said support out of operative relation with said criinper, thereby tensioning said spring means and effecting the removal of the coin wrapper from said crimper, after the crimping operation.

4. A coin wrapper crimping machine compris ing, a rotatable crimper, a motor for rotating said crimper, supporting means arranged to support a coin wrapper in axial alignment with said crimper, elastic means arranged to move said supporting means toward said crimper to effect the crimping of the coin wrapper, cam mechanism driven from said motor for moving said supporting means away from said crimper after the crimping operation, and means also operated from said motor for discharging the crimped wrapper from the machine.

5. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a crimper having a coin wrapper receiving recess of variable diameter whereby the same is arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins of varying diameters, a member for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said criinper and means for propelling said supporting member to effect the crimping of the coin wrappers.

6. In a coin wrapper crimping machine, a coin crimper arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins of varying diameters comprising, a body member provided with radial guides, a plurality of circumferentially disposed crimper jaws carried bysaid body member, said crimper jaws being movable inwardly and outwardly along said guides to vary the effective diameter of said crimper, and crimping means carried by one of said jaws for crimping the ends of coin wrappers.

'7. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a crimper, motor means for operating said crimper, a re'ciprocative slide, resilient spring means for moving said slide in one direction, 30 power transmission means connecting said m0- tor means to said slide for moving the latter in the reverse direction against the force of said spring means, a coin wrapper support carried by said slide, said coin wrapper support, being movable with said slide in said one direction under the action of said resilient spring means to effect the. movement of a coin wrapper to said crimper for crimping the same, and being movable with said slide in said reverse direction under the action of said motor means acting through said transmission means to effect the removal of the coin wrapper from said crimper and a lever controlled by movement of said slide in said reverse direction for discharging the crimped coin wrapper from the machine;

8. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a crimper, motor means for operating. said crimper, a reciprocative member, resilient means connected to said reciprocative memberfor actumember,

ating said member in one direction, whereby said coin wrapper support is moved into operative relation with said crimper, power transmission means connecting said motor means to said reciprocative member for moving said member in the opposite direction, whereby said coin wrapper support is moved out of operative relation with said crimper, and a discharge lever associated with said reciprocative member and operated by said member, during its motion in said opposite direction, to effect the discharge of a crimped coin wrapper from said support.

9. A coin crimping machine comprising, a base, a motor mounted on said base and having a motor shaft, a crimper fixed on said motor shaft, a reciprocative member mounted on said base for movement in a direction parallel to the length of said motor shaft, coin wrapper supporting means mounted on said reciprocative member and having a lost motion connection with said member, resilient means connected to said reciprocative member and to said base for eifecting movement of said supporting means into operative relation with said crimper, power transmission means driven from said motor shaft and connected to said reciprocative member for effecting movement of said supporting means out of operative relation with said crimper, and means, operated by the lost motion connection of said coin wrapper supporting means with said reciprocative member, for controlling the operation of said power transmission means.

10. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a base, a motor mounted on said base, said molor having a motor shaft, a criinper mounted on said motor shaft, a reciprocative member mounted on said base, resilient means connected to said reciprocative member and to said base for affecting movement of said supporting means into operative relation with said crimper, power transmission means driven from said motor shaft and connected to said reciprocaive member for effecting movement of said supporting means out of operative relation with said crimper, said power transmission means having a clutch included therein, coin wrapper supporting means mounted on said reciprocative member and arranged for limited movement with respect to said reciprocalive member, spring pressed stop means normally engaging said supporting means to hold the same at one limit of its travel upon said reciprccative said stop means also serving to normally retain said clutch in released position, said stop means being operative, upon the manual movement of said supporting means to the other limit of its travel on said reciprocative member, to cause the engagement of said clutch, thereby initiating the crimping operation of said machine.

11. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprisins, recess of variable diameter whereby the same is arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins of varying diail eters, a member for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, adjustable means arranged for engaging the coin wrappers and cooperable with said supporting member for properly centering the coin wrappers with said rimper, and means for propelling said supporting member to effect the crimping of the coin wrappers.

12. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a rotatable crimper arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins of varying diameters, said crimper having a a crimper having a coin wrapper receiving a plurality of circumferentially disposed jaws, said jaws being radially adjustable to receive the different coin wrappers of varying diameters therebetween, a crimper finger a'tac'ned to one of said jaws and projecting inwardly therefrom, a member for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, means disposed between supporting mei ber and said crimpcr and cccperable v ith sai su sorting member for centering the coin wrappers with respect to the jaws of said criinper, and means for p opelling said supporting member to effect the crimping of the coin wrappers.

3.3. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a rotatable crimper arranged to of coin wrappers of a plurality of denomin ons of coins of varying diameters, said crimper having a pier "ty of circumierentially di osed jaws, jaws being radially adjustable to re 've the different coin wrappers of varying dnhneters therebetween, a crimper finger attached to one of said and projecting inwardly therefrom, a member for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, means disposed between said supporting member and said crim er and cooperable with said supporting member for centering the coin wrappers with respect to i he jaws of crimper, said centerin means comprising a bar member, said bar member being adjustable radially of the rotating axle of said crimper to therebyaccommodate the various diameters of coin wrappers, and means for propelling said supporting member to effect the crimping of the coin wrappers.

14. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a rotatable crimper arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurali'y of denominations of coins of varying diameters, said crimper having a plurality of circumferentially disposed jaws, said jaws being radially adjustable to receive the different coin wrappers of varying diameters therebetween, a crimper finger attached to one of said jaws and projecting inwardly therefrom, a supporting member having radiating each of said arms being arranged to support coin wrappers of a respective denomination of coi supporting member being angularly adjustable whereby a coin wrapper carried by any one of said radiating arms may be positioned for opera tive engagement with said crimper, means disposed between said supporting member and said,

crimper and cooperable with said supporting member for centering the coin wrappers with respect to the jaws of said crimper, said cenering being adjustable radially of the rotat ing axis of said crimper to thereby accommodate the va ious diameters of coin wrappers, and means for propelling said supporting member to effect the crimping of the coin wrappers.

15. A coin wrapper crimping machine corn prising, a rotatable crimper arranged to or" op the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins, a motor for rotating said crimper, a reciprocative slide, a cam for reciprocating said slide, power transmission means connecting said motor to said cam for driving the latter, a clutch included in said transmission means, a spring pressed stop means for normally holding said clutch in released position, a member mounted for limited reciprocative movement on said slide and adapted for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, said supporting member being normally held at one limit of its travel on said slide by said spring pressed stop means, spring means connected to p the said slide for urging the same toward said cam, said stop means being operable, upon the movement or" said supporting member to the other limit of its travel on said slide, to efiect the engagement of said clutch and cause said cam to move in a direction away from said slide, wher upon the said spring means moves said slide so that said supporting member will move a coin Wrapper, carried thereby, into operative relation with said crimper to effect the crimping of the coin wrapper, said cam thereafter serving to move said slide in the reverse direction against the tension of said spring means, whereby said supporting member moves the crimped coin wrapper out of engagement with said crimper.

16. A coin wrapper crimping machine C0111- prising, a rotatable crimper arranged to or p the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins, a motor for rotating said crimper, a reciprocative slide, a cam for reciprocating said slide, power transmission means connecting said motor to said cam for driving the latter, a clutch included in said transmission means, a spring pressed stop means for normally holding said clutch in released position, a member mounted for limited reciprocative movement on said slide and adapted for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, means disposed between said supportin member and said crimper and cooperable with said supporting member for centering coin wrappers with respect to said crimper, said supporting member being normally held at one limit of its travel on said slide by said spring pressed stop means, spring means connected to said slide for urging the same toward said cam, said stop means being operable, upon the movement of said supporting member to the other limit of its travel on said slide, to effect the engagement of said clutch and cause said cam to move in a direction away from said slide, whereupon the said spring means moves said slide so that said supporting member will move a coin wrapper, carried thereby, into operative relation with said crirnper to effect the crimping of the coin wrapper, said cam thereafter serving to move said slide in the reverse direction against the tension of said spring means, whereby said supporting member moves the crimped coin wrapper out of engagement with said crimper.

17. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising a rotatable crimper arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plurality of denominations of coins, a motor for rotating said crimper, a reciprocative slide, a cam for reciprocating said slide, power transmission means connecting said motor to said cam for driving the latter, a clutch included in said transmission means, a spring pressed stop means for normally holding said clutch in released position, a member mounted for limited reciprocative movement on said slide and having a plurality of radiating arms adapted for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said crimper, said member being angularly adjustable whereby any one of said arms may be, directed toward said crirnper, said supporting member being normally held at one lii it of its travel on said slide by said spring pressed stop means, sp3ing means connected to said slide for urgin the same toward said cam, said stop means being operable, upon the movement of said supporting member to the other limit of its travel on said slide, to effect the engagement of said clutch and cause said cam to move in a direction away from said slide, whereupon the spring means moves said slide so that said supporting member will move a coin wrapper, carried thereby, into operative relation with said crimper to effect the crimping of the coin wrapper, said cam thereafter serving to move said sli e in the reverse direction against the tension of said spring means, whereby said supporting member moves the erimped coin wrapper out of engagement with said crimper.

18. A coin wrapper crimping machine comprising, a rotatable crimper arranged to crimp the coin wrappers of a plu alityiof denominations of coins, a motor for rotating said crimper, a reciprocative slide, a cam for reciprocating said slide, power transmission means connecting said motor to said cam for driving the latter, a clutch included in said transmission means, a spring pressed stop means for normally holding said clutch in released position, a member mounted for limited reeiprocative movement on said slide and adapted for supporting the coin wrappers for operative engagement with said erimper, said supporting member being normally held at one limit of its travel on said slide by said spring pressed stop means, spring means connected to said slide for urging the same toward said cam, said stop means being operable, upon the movement of said supporting limit of its travel on said slide, to effect the engagement or" said clutch and cause said cam to L move in a direction away from said slide, whereupon the said sprin means moves said slide so that said supporting member will move a coin wrapper, carried thereby, into operative relation with said crimper to effect the crimping of the coin wrapper, said thereafter serving to move said slide in the reverse direction against the tension of said spring whereby said supporting member moves the crimped coin wrapper out of engagement with crimper, and lever means operated by said slide for effecting the discharge of crimped coin wrappers from the machine.

EDWARD P. DONNELLAN.

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